As a member of the international community, New Zealand has a role to play in overseas development. A new policy paper titled "Being Better Neighbours" makes five recommendations about ways to improve the effectiveness of our contribution to international aid and development.+ more

As a member of the international community, New Zealand has a role to play in overseas development. A new policy paper titled "Being Better Neighbours" makes five recommendations about ways to improve the effectiveness of our contribution to international aid and development.+ more

"You can never deliver enough charity to give poor people a decent life." This is the conclusion that Columbia University professors R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan came to recently in their critically acclaimed book The Aid Trap. It is a conclusion that many other aid and development experts have also come to in the past decade. Charity and humanitarian aid to help those affected by natural disasters and other emergencies—such as New Zealand's recent contributions to flood victims in Pakistan—are necessary, but aid alone will not result in sustainable development in poor countries.+ more

In May 2009, Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, made an impassioned plea to the givers of foreign aid to break out of old patterns of giving and embrace a different future for development assistance. Kagame is not alone in calling for changes to the way the developed world gives aid. Jane Silloway Smith looks at how we can change our old habits and ways of thinking about aid.+ more

New Zealand is a wealthy country in a world with much need. Confronted by this, many are concerned about the reality of severe poverty yet confused about what will make a difference in the lives of those who suffer. A Heart and Mind for the Poor looks at the history of the modern aid regime and the ways that it has developed over time. It also explores some of the competing philosophies about how to alleviate poverty and/or bring about sustainable development in poor countries, concluding with seven principles that should guide aid and assistance efforts.+ more

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